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I came across this sentence when reading an essay：

> 「ぢちらしろ、そう何回も声をかけられたんじゃ不快な気分に **なるな** というほうが無理ではないか。」

What is the meaning of になるな here? I understand 辞書形＋ない to either mean

(1) Don't do the action of the verb. ie するな！ _Don't do that!_  
(2) Nothing too specific, just softening a phrase, similarly to how 'la' 'leh'
'lor' etc are used in Singapore English.

I don't understand the rest of the sentence fully either, but I'm not sure
whether in this case the なるな is either case (1), (2) or something else I may
be ignorant too.


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「動詞辞書形＋な」はどういう意味ですか。


> 不快な気分になるな

_don't feel unpleasant_  
な in the phrase means (1) Don't do the action of the verb. ie するな！ _don't do
that!_


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It's (1). The な is a negative imperative particle, since ～というほうが無理(= Quotative
と + 言う方が無理) follows an imperative phrase or sentence.

「Imperative phrase/sentence + というほうが無理（だ）」 is an expression for saying "(
_lit_ ) It's unreasonable to tell me/us/someone to do~~." i.e. "You can't
expect me/us/someone to do~~!", implying "Of course I/we/someone do/can
not~~."

> 不快な気分になるなというほうが無理ではないか。  
>  ( _lit_ ) It's unreasonable to tell me not to feel disturbed/uncomfortable,
> isn't it?  
>  → You can't expect me not to feel disturbed/uncomfortable, right?  
>  Implying: "(If you keep talking to me / calling me so many times, then) I
> will feel disturbed, of course! / it's quite natural that I should feel
> disturbed!" (≂ 不快な気分になるに決まってるだろう・不快な気分になって当たり前だろう）


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